Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Içe'-fall, n. p. 652Ice having the form of a falling stream of water. Coleridge.Ice'-field, n. p. 652A sheet of ice of such extent that its limits can not be seen from the mast-head of a ship.Ice'-float or Ice'-floe, n. p. 652A large mass of floating ice.Ice'-foot, n. p. 652The same as ICE-BELT. Kane.Içe'-glāzed, a. p. 652Glazed or incrusted with ice. Coleridge.Içe'-hōōk, n. p. 652A hook on the end of a pole, used to catch and move blocks of ice.Ice'-house, n. p. 652A repository for the preservation of ice during warm weather; often a pit, with a drain for conveying off the water of the ice when dissolved, and covered with a roof.Ice'-is'land or Ice'-isle, n. p. 652A vast body of floating ice, such as is often seen in the Atlantic, off the banks of Newfoundland; — distinguished from an ice-field as being less extensive, and often quite high above the water.Ice'land-er, n. p. 652(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Iceland.Içe-lānd'ie, a. p. 652(Geog.) Pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders.I'ce-lānd'ic, n. p. 652The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the old Norse than any other language now spoken.Içe'land-mōss, n. p. 652(Bot.) A kind of lichen (Cetraria [or Physcia] Islandica) found in the mountainous districts of Europe. It has a slightly bitter taste, and is used both as a tonic and for its nutritive properties.Içe'land-spär, n. p. 652(Min.) A transparent variety of calcareous spar, exhibiting well its property of doubly refracting light, and much used, therefore, in polarizing instruments. Dana.Içe'-măn, n. p. 652A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice. 2. One who deals in ice; one who retails ice.Içe'-mās'ter, n. p. 652One who has charge of a ship in the ice. Clarke.Içe'-päck, n. p. 652A body of separate pieces of drift-ice. Kane.Īçe'-plāin, n. p. 652A plain of ice. Coleridge.Içe'-plānt, n. p. 652(Bot.) A plant (the Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, glittering, watery vesicles, which make the plant appear as if covered with ice. It is a native of South Africa. Its juice…Ice'-plow or Ice'-plough, n. p. 652A sort of plow for making grooves on ice.Īce'-saw, n. p. 652A large kind of saw for cutting through ice.Īçe'-spär, n. p. 652(Min.) A variety of feldspar, the crystals of which are very clear, like ice.Īçe'-tā'ble, n. p. 652A flat and horizontal mass of ice.Īçe'-tŏngs, n. pl. p. 652Large iron nippers for handling ice.Ĭch dien p. 652Literally, I serve; — the motto of the Prince of Wales. Brande.Ĭch-neū’mon, n. p. 652Egyptian Ichneumon (Herpestes Pharaonis). 1. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal of the genus Herpestes, which inhabits Egypt, and is said to be very destructive to the eggs of the crocodile, as it…Ĭch/neū-mōn'i-dan, a. p. 652(Entom.) Relating to a family of predaceous insects of which the ichneumon is the type.Ich'neü-mön'i-dan, n. p. 653(Entom.) An insect of the family of which the ichneumon is the type.Ĭch'nite, n. p. 653A fossil footprint. Page.Ĭch'/no-gräph'ic, a. p. 653Ich'no-grāph'ic-al p. 653Pertaining to ichnography; describing a ground-plot.Ich-nōg'ra-phy, n. p. 653(Drawing.) An horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground-plan.Ĭch'no-līte, n. p. 653A fossil footprint. Dana.Ich-nōl'i-thōl'o-gy, n. p. 653The same as ICHNOLOGY, q. v. Hitchcock.Ĭch'no-lŏg'ĭc-al, a. p. 653Pertaining to ichnology.Ich-nŏl'-o-gy, n. p. 653The science which treats of the footprints of animals.I'chor, n. p. 653(Myth.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods. 2. A thin, watery humor, like serum or whey; colorless matter flowing from an ulcer.I'chor-oüs, a. p. 653Composed of, or resembling, ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious.Ĭch'thĭne, n. p. 653An albuminous substance characteristic of the yolk of fishes’ eggs.Ĭch'thy-ic, a. p. 653Pertaining to fishes.Ĭch'thy-o-cŏl or Ĭch'thy-o-cŏl'la, n. p. 653Fish-glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of fish. Tooke.Ĭch'thy-o-dŏr'u-līte, n. p. 653(Paleon.) The fossil dorsal spine of certain fishes. Humble.Ich'thy-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 653A treatise on fishes.Ĭch'thy-oid, a. p. 653Having many of the characters of a fish.Ich'thy-o-lite, n. p. 653(Palæon.) (a.) A fossil fish. (b.) The figure or impression of a fish in rock.Ĭch'thy-o-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 653Pertaining to ichthyology.Ich’thy-ŏl’ō-gist, n. p. 653One versed in ichthyology.Ich'thy-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 653The science of the systematic arrangement or classification of fishes.Ĭch'/thy-o-măn'/cy, n. p. 653Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.Ich'thy-ŏph'a-gist, n. p. 653One who eats or subsists on fish.Ĭch’thy-ŏph’a-gŏus, a. p. 653Eating, or subsisting on, fish.Ich'thy-ŏph'a-gy, n. p. 653The practice of eating fish.Ich’thy-oph-thăl’mite, n. p. 653Fish-eye-stone. See APOPHYLLITE.Ĭch'thy-o-saur or Ĭch'thy-o-sau'rus, n. p. 653(Palæon.) An extinct carnivorous reptile of enormous size, found in the Lias formation, nearly to the close of the chalk period. It is saurian, or lizard-like, both in shape and habits. The vertebræ…Ich'thy-ō'sis, n. p. 653(Med.) A disease in which the skin becomes thickened and scaly. Magne.Ich'thy-ŏt'o-my, n. p. 653Dissection of fishes. [R.]I'ci-cle, n. p. 653A pendent conical mass of ice, formed by the freezing of water or other fluid as it flows down an inclined plane, or falls in drops from any thing.ĭ'ci-ly, adv. p. 653In an icy manner; coldly. Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead perfection, no more. Tennyson.Ī'çi-ness, n. p. 653The state of being icy, or of being very cold.Ī'çing, n. p. 653A covering of concreted sugar; frosting.Ick'le, n. p. 653An icicle. [Prov. Eng.]